Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University will hold the 2025 Institute of Low Temperature Science Joint Research Conference, "Research on Ocean Circulation, Material Cycles, and Marine Ecosystems Connecting the Coastal and Open Oceans of the Western North Pacific," over two days, December 8th and 9th.
The subarctic North Pacific, located at the end of the global ocean conveyor belt, is one of the most productive ocean regions in the world. The proliferation of diatoms, in particular, supports this high productivity in the North Pacific. The East Kamchatka Current and the Oyashio Current transport nutrients to the coast of Japan via the open ocean and marginal seas, while the influence of the Japanese coast is carried to the open ocean via mesoscale eddies and jets. To understand the process by which the chemical properties that drive the high biological productivity of the North Pacific are formed, it is necessary to clarify the ocean circulation and nutrient circulation, including trace elements, at the "North Pacific Basin scale, including the marginal seas of the northern region," and the "coastal-offshore scale connecting land and sea." This symposium aims to exchange information based on the latest research findings in these areas.
Overview
- Program Day 1
Date and time: December 8, 2025 (Monday) 13:00-18:00
Location: Hokkaido University Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, 1st floor, Room D101
- Program Day 2
Date and time: Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 9:00-17:15
Location: Hokkaido University Institute of Low Temperature Science 2nd floor conference room
Conveners: Yohei Yamashita, Jun Nishioka, Hiroshi Kuroda
Please see the program for details. *You will be redirected to the Hokkaido University Institute of Low Temperature Science website.